Vegetable-slicer.



I. C. FORSTER.

VEGETABLE SUCER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1915.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

' WITNESSES IN VENTOR 6, m,

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cm, WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoEf- JOHN C. FORSTER, OF PITTSBURGH,PENNSYLVANIA.

VEGETABLE-SLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22, 1915. Serial No. 52,074.

slices are put, the entire potato, carrot, beet,

apple or other fruit or vegetable is used, there being no waste.

The invention isembodied in the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, Figure lthereof being a view in perspective of the cuttershown in operative position with relation to a potato. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the device; Fig. 3 is an edge elevation; and Fig. 4 is anend view.

Referring to the drawings, the substantially fiat blade 2 is provided atits wider end with the finger hole 3, the blade tapering toward itsopposite end, and projecting from said'end is the pivot orjournal-forming pin l having a sharpened extremity. The pin is disposedat an angle to the relatively flat blade 9, so that when the pin isforced into a potato, etc., at substantially right angles to the surfaceto be cut, the blade is inclined with reference to such surface in suchmanner as to present its sharpened longitudinal edge!) at an efficientslicing angle.

The cutter is illustrated in operation in Fig. 1, A designating theunsliced portion of a potato, and B the spiral or'cork-screw sliceproduced by the progressive movement of the improved slicing device.

The screw-like feed device 6 carried by pin 4 for advancing the latterthrough the potato, etc., and thusholding the blade in slicing position,is preferably of split-washer Copies of this patent may be obtained forthereto, as will be understood. This simple expedient provides aninexpensive feed device that operates to so advance the blade as tomaintain the thickness of the spiral slice substantiallyuniform. V

A further characteristic of the invention is the position of feed device6 on the pin, being spaced backwardly from the pointed end thereof inorder that there maybe asubstantial portion of the pin forwardly fromthe feed device. This forwardly extending Patented Feb.22 ,191.6.

portion operates to hold the pin to a true 1 or straight course after it6 advancing in the pin forward in such course. The rear longitudinaledge of blade 2 is preferably deflected to form the rib 7 which not onlystrengthens the blade, but also has the effect of deflecting the slicehas been entered in the potato, etc., the flight-like feed device.

away from and clearing the blade when the latter is rotated.

In operation, the potato, apple, etc., is held in one hand, and with pin4 projected centrally thereinto the blade is rotated by the other hand.the pin serving as a pivot or journal, whereby the fruit or vegetableissliced in spiral form as illustrated in Fig.

I. If the position of the cutter is inverted as shown in that view, aspiral slice of considerable length may be formed without breaking,although it will be understood.

that the device may be used in a reverse position, or in fact in anyposition that may be most convenient.

I claim:

A vegetable slicer of the type substantially as described, consistingessentially of a slicer blade provided with a pivot and guide pin fixedthereto and projecting laterally therefrom, and a single convolutionspiral feed; and cutting blade of relatively large diameter rigid on andconcentric with said pin and spaced a substantial distance from saidslicing blade and from the point of said pin.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature v in presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses J. M. NEsBrr, ALEX. S. MABoN.

JOHN o. FoRsTEn, V 1

